Applications for the M.Sc. in Digital Business Management can be made using the linked form. Due to the limited number of 20 M.Sc. places, early application is recommended. Please click here for the application form.

Registrations for the Diploma & Certificate program or for the certificate courses are possible on an ongoing basis, up to two weeks before the course starts. Click here for the application form.

Admission requirement for the Master of Science in Digital Business Management is a university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent program with at least 210 ECTS).  If you only have 180 ECTS, you can also get admitted, but would need to have a work experience of at least 6 months that you would need to proof.

When applying with a Bachelor's degree from a foreign / non-German university, the recognition procedure of the Studienkolleg Konstanz, which is standardized for Baden-Württemberg, must first be completed: https://www.htwg-konstanz.de/studium/studienkolleg-der-htwg-konstanz/zeugnisanerkennung/anerkennung/

The Diploma (DAS) & Certificate (CAS) programs and participation in individual courses are free of formal admission requirements. A relevant practical and educational pre-experience are highly recommended.

Start of the M.Sc. Digital Business Management in the summer semester (end of March) and winter semester (end of September/ beginning of October). Next start at the end of September/ beginning of October 2024.

Applications for the M.Sc. Digital Business Management starting in the summer semester 2025 are possible until the end of February 2025.

If there are any remaining places, the registration deadlines can be extended.

Applications for Diploma & Certificate programs and certificate courses are possible all year round up to 2 weeks before the start of the course using this application form. This also makes it possible to join the current semester of the M.Sc. Digital Business Management at a later date via a combined study program.

The part-time Master of Science course comprises 10 modules and a project/case study-based Master's thesis over four semesters.

Master of Science (M.Sc.): EUR 3.200 per semester (4 sem.) or EUR 535 per month (24 mon.) + one-time EUR 200 examination fee

Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS, 5 modules):  EUR 2.140 in each of the first two semesters + EUR 1.070 in the third semester and one-time EUR 200 examination fee 

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS, 2 modules): EUR 1.100 twice / per semester and one-time EUR 100 examination fee

Certificate (single): EUR 1.150 and one-time EUR 100 examination fee (participation in the examination and the EUR 100 examination fee are optional)

Participation & examination fees are tax-deductible in many countries or can be (partially) reimbursed/ payed directly by the employer

The nature of the program is primarily online. The lectures and examinations take place online. Few courses take place in parallel in a hybrid mode (together with our MBA courses), so that students, who live in/close to our university location (near Stuttgart/ Germany) can also join from time to time in person (if they wish).

The course and examination language is only English.

Proof of English language skills is not required.

It is not mandatory to have an employer for admission. What is important is proof of at least six months of professional experience if you only have 180 ETCS. 

No, you are admitted to the part-time degree programme as an external student (‘Externenprüfung’). At the HfWU you are not registered under a matriculation number, but under an individual administrative number (e.g. 21925).

Yes, we are accredited worldwide. The HfWU has successfully passed the internationally recognized system accreditation by the Accreditation Council and is therefore AQAS certified.

Yes, with the Master of Science you also acquire the formal right to do a doctorate.

No, a letter of motivation is not required.